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Just For Kids acquires rights to Australian animated properties
NEWSJust For Kids Home Video, of Woodland Hills, California, has bought the North American home video rights for Ketchup and The Toothbrush Family, two animated titles produced by Australia’s Southern Star Entertainment. The five-year distribution agreement marks the first time the…
Star Wars license latest addition to Lego’s brand-building strategy
NEWSThe Lego Group, the 66-year-old maker of construction toys, is striving to build its brand edifice to the point that Lego becomes the ‘most powerful brand among families with children by the year 2005,’ according to company officials….
Sony Wonder buys Sunbow
NEWSSony Wonder, the children’s and family division of Sony Music, has made a further move to extend its reach within the children’s entertainment arena with the acquisition of New York-based independent producer Sunbow Entertainment….
Teen dominance of video game industry fading, but they still matter
NEWSThe popular perception that teenage boys make up the core audience for console-based video games may still hold true today, but some industry observers believe the demographic bulge has already shifted toward young adults….
Buena Vista announces launch date for first Miyazaki vid title
NEWSKiki’s Delivery Service, an extremely popular children’s animated feature created by Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki in 1989, is due to be released in English for North American video sell-through in September by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Dubbed versions will roll…
Margaret Loesch getting ready to build
NEWSFreshly ensconced in her new position as president of the Jim Henson Television Group, Margaret Loesch, the former head of Fox Kids Worldwide, is looking forward to putting her stamp on the enterprise as she attempts to grow it from a…
Special Report: MIP-TV – Bob Morane
NEWSBob Morane is a contemporary animated adventure program of 26 half-hour episodes that are based on a series of French-language adventure books that were very popular with French, Belgian and Canadian children age eight and up in the 1950s and `60s….
Special Report: MIP-TV – Princess of the Nile
NEWSSet during the time of Pharaoh Ramses II, Princess of the Nile is a 26 x 26-minute animated series that tells the tale of Queen Nefertari’s smart little sister, Neteb, and her friend Merempah. Each episode finds the teenagers involved in…
PolyGram buys into Funbag Animation
NEWSPolyGram Filmed Entertainment has bought a 25 percent share of Ottawa, Canada-based animation studio Funbag Animation in a move that gives PolyGram an exclusive first look at all Funbag projects over a five-year term….
Special Report on American International Toy Fair: Property Profiles: Teletubbies prepare for U.S. launch
NEWSAlthough toys are the marquee product at the American International Toy Fair, they are really just the focal point of a much larger panorama of marketing strategies, entertainment programs and emerging cultural trends that are on display at the annual event…
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